Eleanor was one of the first people that Charles met in graduate school. They bumped into each other walking the streets of Cartagena, Colombia as part of the pre-GSB orientation trip. Except neither of them were actually formally registered on the trip, and were staying in hostels instead. From there, a quick and deep friendship formed around adventure, banter, music, aspirational five year planning, really good deals (i.e. "value"), wealth polarization, and a shared love of "liberal arts". The exact moment when they started dating is lost to history - Charles claims it didn't truly start until he moved to SF in 2019; Eleanor would claim the end of MBA2 year in 2017; their friends might claim it started in 2016 when they ended every night with a call to one another.